TERMS OF USE AND POLICY

Terms of Service: By using Mad2.net's search engine services ("Mad2.net Search Services"), you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service").

Content Linked to by Mad2.net
The sites displayed as search results or linked to by Mad2.net Search Services are developed by people over whom Mad2.net exercises no control. The search results that appear from Mad2.net's indices are indexed by Mad2.net's automated machinery and computers, and Mad2.net cannot and does not screen the sites before including them in the indices from which such automated search results are gathered. A search using Mad2.net Search Services may produce search results and links to sites that some people find objectionable, inappropriate, or offensive. We cannot guarantee that a Mad2.net search will not locate unintended or objectionable content and assume no responsibility for the content of any site included in any search results or otherwise linked to by the Mad2.net Search Services.

Personal Use Only
The Mad2.net Search Services are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not use the Mad2.net Search Services to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales. You may not take the results from a Mad2.net search and reformat and display them, or mirror the Mad2.net home page or results pages on your Web site. You may not "meta-search" Mad2.net. If you want to make commercial use of the Mad2.net Search Services, you must enter into an agreement with Mad2.net to do so in advance. Please contact us for more information.

No Automated Querying
You may not send automated queries of any sort to Mad2.net's system without express permission in advance from Mad2.net. Note that "sending automated queries" includes, among other things:
using any software which sends queries to Mad2.net to determine how a website or webpage "ranks" on Mad2.net for various queries; "meta-searching" Mad2.net; and performing "offline" searches on Mad2.net.

Changes In Terms and Conditions and Mad2.net Search Service
We may modify or terminate our services from time to time, for any reason, and without notice, including the right to terminate with or without notice, without liability to you, any other user or any third party. We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service from time to time without notice. Please review these Terms of Service from time to time so that you will be apprised of any changes.

Intellectual Property Policy
It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Copyright Act.

Copyright and Trademark Notices
All contents in this Web site are Copyright © 2002 Mad2Net, Inc. All rights reserved.
Mad2Net is a trademark of Mad2net, Inc. All other marks that appear throughout these Web sites belong to Mad2Net, Inc. and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws. Any use of any of the marks or content appearing throughout this Web site without the express written permission of Mad2Net is strictly prohibited.


Disclaimer of Warranties

Mad2.net disclaims any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability or availability of information or material displayed in the Mad2.net Search Services results. Mad2.net disclaims any responsibility for the deletion, failure to store, misdelivery, or untimely delivery of any information or material. Mad2.net disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from downloading or accessing any information or material on the Internet through the Mad2.net Search Services.

THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. MAD2.NET EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. MAD2.NET DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES. MAD2.NET DISCLAIMS, ANY WARRANTIES FOR ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE OBTAINED THROUGH THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES. MAD2.NET DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED BY THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES, AS WELL AS FOR ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN MATERIAL OR DATA THROUGH THE USE OF THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS IN THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA.
SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE AND JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.


Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL MAD2.NET BE LIABLE TO ANY USER ON ACCOUNT OF THAT USER'S USE OR MISUSE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES. ARISING FROM ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, (EVEN IF MAD2.NET HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES (INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES). THIS LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES. THIS LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL FURTHER APPLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION OR MERCHANDISE THAT APPEARS ON, OR IS LINKED OR RELATED IN ANY WAY TO, THE MAD2.NET SEARCH SERVICES. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING AN FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.


SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall Mad2.net be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning.

Mad2.net's indices consist of information that has been identified, indexed and compiled through an automated process with no advance review by human beings. Given the enormous volume of web site information added, deleted, and changed on a frequent basis, Mad2.net cannot and does not screen anything made available through its indices. For each web site reflected in Mad2.net's indices, if either (i) a site owner restricts access to his or her web site or (ii) a site is taken down from the web, then, upon receipt of a request by the site owner or a third party in the second instance, Mad2.net would consider on a case-by-case basis requests to remove the link to that site from its indices. However, if the operator of the site does not take steps to prevent it, the automatic facilities used to create the indices are likely to find that site and index it again in a relatively short amount of time.

Miscellaneous Provisions
These Terms of Service will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of the Terms of Service to be unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms of Service will continue in full force and effect.
These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of any provision of the Terms of Service will be effective only if in writing and signed by Mad2.net.